Botswana vs Niue: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Botswana
0.3512
in 2023
Niue
0.3769
in 2023
Botswana rank
89th
Niue rank
87th

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

  • Botswana
  • Niue
00.511.5196119922023

How they compare

Niue currently reports 0.3769 against 0.3512 in Botswana, a difference of 0.0257.

That makes Niue's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niue ahead.

Botswana ranks 89th and Niue ranks 87th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Niue in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Niue Difference Ahead
1960s 1.28 0.7574 0.5223 Botswana
1970s 0.9364 0.541 0.3954 Botswana
1980s 0.9751 0.425 0.5502 Botswana
1990s 0.8416 0.4813 0.3603 Botswana
2000s 0.5858 0.4381 0.1477 Botswana
2010s 0.5201 0.4153 0.1048 Botswana
2020s 0.2923 0.3849 0.0926 Niue

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Botswana or Niue?
Niue, at 0.3769 against 0.3512 in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Botswana and Niue?
0.0257, with Niue ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Niue?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Niue rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Botswana ranks 89th and Niue ranks 87th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).